External beam radiation therapy could be more toxic and expensive
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Experts comparing three leading prostate cancer therapies find external beam radiation therapy to be more toxic and expensive than either surgery or a more localized form of radiation therapy known as brachytherapy. The findings were to be presented Tuesday at a ...
Concern on proton therapy
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: is rapidly growing in use - Medicare covers it Recent research suggests proton therapy might have more side effects than traditional radiation does. A study of Medicare records found that men treated with ...
Brachytherapy reduced death rates in high-risk prostate cancer patients
Friday, January 27th, 2012 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A new study from radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson suggests that brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancers patients is very effective modality. A population-based analysis looking at almost 13,000 cases revealed that men who received brachytherapy alone or in ...
Gold coils could be used in the fight against prostate cancer
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Doctors led by one of Indian-origin are arming themselves with a precious new weapon in the fight against prostate cancer - gold coils. Gold coils are being used to target radiotherapy more accurately, intensifying the effect of the treatment on the prostate ...
Patient satisfaction after first-line treatment for localized prostate cancer
Monday, January 9th, 2012 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A new article in the journal Anticancer Research suggests that patients had greater satisfaction after modern forms of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) than after some other standard forms of first-line treatment. Of course the absolute truth of this conclusion ...
Proton therapy safer and more effective against prostate cancer
Saturday, January 7th, 2012 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Two new studies have claimed proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer. The study has been published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics (Red Journal). (ANI)
Brachytherapy – an established treatment option
Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Brachytherapy is a highly effective treatment for patients with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer. In addition, brachytherapy is also being increasingly used in the treatment of high-risk prostate cancer. As such, brachytherapy is an integral part of prostate treatment guidelines across ...
Higher individual doses of radiotherapy safe in prostate cancer treatment
Saturday, December 17th, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »According to data from the Cancer Research UK, delivering less overall radiotherapy in fewer, but higher doses, is as safe as standard, lower doses for treating prostate cancer. Earlier research suggests that prostate cancer cells may be more sensitive to higher ...
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy controversed
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »According to some radiation oncologists at Sanford health, Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy' (SBRT) is a controversial treatment for low-risk prostate cancer. Thhey have said they would not want their own family to undergo; but, proponents call 'CyberKnife' a medical breakthrough. Other ...
Radiation therapy side effects following radical prostatectomy
Monday, December 12th, 2011 Posted in prostatectomy, radiation therapy | No Comments »In many caseas, the radical prostate surgery went fine but the doctor says the pathology report on your prostate indicates the cancer has invaded your seminal vesicles. Then, your urologist refers you to a radiation oncologist who recommends you receive ...